119th Congress Native Americans
H.R. 1451: Quapaw Tribal Settlement Act of 2025
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Summary
This bill creates a trust account, funds the account, and establishes a distribution process to settle certain claims between the federal government and the Quapaw Nation (a tribe in Oklahoma).
Specifically, the bill establishes the Quapaw Bear Settlement Trust Account and directs the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Trust Funds Administration to administer all funds appropriated to the trust account.
Interior must make payments to the tribe and individual members of the tribe in accordance with the January 2020 recommendation of the review panel of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
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The bill outlines the distribution process for the settlement funds in the trust account.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
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History
- Introduced in the House by Josh Brecheen.
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- Subcommittee Hearings Held
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Indian and Insular Affairs.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the House Committee on Natural Resources.